Gnonggy Mounit

It looks like the blog has been given new life recently. WingedLion reappeared again out of nowhere. It's great to see him back. And I've enjoyed Sawyer's "Lyrics Of The Day" over the past few weeks. I'm not in the habit of putting much thought to the words of a song while I'm listening, so to see them spelled out on a page helps me experience another side of music that I usually overlook.

I think I'm a lot like a kid in that way. Kids don't care about the words. If you've got the tune, just throw in the right amount of syllables...hopefully get some of the vowel sounds to match close enough and you've got yourself a song. Remember the "Buckwheat Sings" skit on Saturday Night Live?



I've got a little Buckwheat that lives in my house. The older daughter, when she was a toddler, used to sing "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain" at the top of her lungs. At least I think it was "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain". The actual lyrics were something like: Shebbe Cumbin Rahnja Mancha Wenshee Cubs...

Fast forward five years later and she's into much cooler stuff, she's graduated from Barney and moved into more mature music like The Chipmunks. She's still a little Buckwheat though. I've been listening to her sing "Funky Town" for that past three weeks. There's a part right before the chorus that's supposed to go:
Well, I talk about it, talk about it
talk about it, talk about it
Talk about, talk about, talk about movin’
What comes out of her mouth is:
Wahleye gnonggy mounit, gnonggy mounit, gnonggy mounit, gnonggy mounit, gnonggy mount, gnonggy mount movies.

You've got all the elements of a good song. She's right on tune, right on beat, she's not missing any syllables, the vowels all match. That's good stuff right there. That's what I'm gnonggy mount.

Appreciation II

Sometimes you can't appreciate just how awesome a personal situation is unless you have some crappy personal situations to compare it too. I'm not going to make this a long deep thoughtful post because I don't feel I could do it justice. But the sweet short and condensed version is that I was having a crappy experience regarding lawn mowers, overgrown weeds and the city code enforcer. Sparing you all the excruciating details, I found a new appreciation for my neighbor Charles and my other neighbor Glenis. They probably will never read this but I just wanted anyone who does read this...those guys ROCK! :D

Also, my wife is having some crappy experiences healthwise (don't worry, nothing life threatening, but still painful). But without these crappy experiences we might not fully appreciate our friends the Smiths, the Sanders, the Pickers, the Maddisons, the Gootches and our extended families...all of these people ROCK too!

When I woke up this morning two hours earlier than normal to take my kids to the dentist, I was a grumpy, crabby, self-centered mess. I had no idea that the day would end with me feeling so appreciative. Thank you everyone YOU ROCK!